The xylophone, a tuned instrument ... Each hardwood bar has its own note, but all remain arranged in a similar way to piano keys. It is a musical percussion instrument of, arguably, African origin.

While the musical structures are often simple, continually recasting the central motif with xylophone, piano, and guitar, they push individual sounds to disquieting levels.

Want to play the xylophone but don’t want to learn how? [Rachad]’s automatic xylophone might be just the ticket. It uses homemade solenoids to play tunes under computer control. Think o… ...

The software transposes the full MIDI music spectrum of a particular track into a 25-note version compatible with the xylophone. Considering that a piano typically has 88 keys, some musical ...

You Otter Believe These Zoo Animals Can Play the Piano, the Harmonica and the Xylophone D.C.’s hottest summer concert is brought to us by an unlikely source: a bevy of animal musicians ...